Blogpulse Campaign Radar 2004

Blogpulse Campaign Radar 2004 http://politics.blogpulse.com/ Key Phrases for Overall http://politics.blogpulse.com/ <TABLE><TR><TD><b>optical scanners</b></TD><TD>..... Here the data the charts draw from. All of these counties used <a href="http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger"><b>OPTICAL SCANNERS</b></a>. I don't know if the raw data is accurate, if the charts....</TD><TR><TD><b>voting machines and new technologies used</b></TD><TD>....urgent request that the Government Accountability Office immediately undertake an investigation of the efficacy of <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/heronblue"><b>VOTING MACHINES AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES USED</b></a> in the 2004 election, how election officials responded to difficulties they encountered and what....</TD><TR><TD><b>exit poll question</b></TD><TD>Little value -- part 1 posted 11: 56 am after a Campaign dominated By discussions on terrorism, War,</TD><TR><TD><b>registered democrats</b></TD><TD>....enough votes to win ended up winning. Analysis of exit polls, analysis of <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/iamjackshate"><b>REGISTERED DEMOCRATS</b></a> vs. registered Republicans and registered Others, analysis of actual poll results vs.....</TD><TR><TD><b>president bush's re-election</b></TD><TD>....... NEW YORK (AP) -- A 25-year-old from Georgia who was distraught over <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/magnumdb"><b>PRESIDENT BUSH'S RE-ELECTION</b></a> apparently killed himself at ground zero. Read This Story HERE. 3) Duck....</TD><TR><TD><b>senate judiciary committee</b></TD><TD>....Thomas will turn only 57. Thomas nomination will be an interesting provocation for incoming <a href="http://www.rightsided.org"><b>SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE</b></a> Chairman Arlen Specter, and the only charges against him at his 1991 confirmation hearings....</TD><TR><TD><b>judicial nominees</b></TD><TD>...., especially with Tom Daschle getting defeated partially because of his obstruction of Bush <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/drumman541"><b>JUDICIAL NOMINEES</b></a>. Not only is he only the 2' nd black supreme court justice every....</TD><TR><TD><b>bill maher</b></TD><TD>....conservative cred after his endorsement of Kerry, but Andrew had a great moment on <a href="http://www.stevesilver.net"><b>BILL MAHER</b></a>'s show on Friday night, as he went off on academic bastard Noam Chomsky....</TD><TR><TD><b>blue states</b></TD><TD>..... I tired of feeling attacked everyfuckingwhere I go. I would like the <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/c4bl3fl4m3"><b>BLUE STATES</b></a> to secede. Red states? You can keep Bush. In fact, PLEASE....</TD><TR><TD><b>red states</b></TD><TD>, usually get more benefits From federal programs than they pay in federal taxes. contrariwise, the</TD></TABLE> Top Links for Overall http://politics.blogpulse.com/ <TABLE><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/11/07/ground.zero.suicide.ap/index.html">CNN.com - Suicide suspected at WTC site - Nov 7, 2004</A></TD><TD>.... House deputy national security adviser for strategic planning and President Bush's point man on Iraq -- told colleagues at the National Security Council on Friday that he was resigning, according to senior administration officials.Read This Story <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/11/07/ground.zero.suicide.ap/index.html">HERE</a>.Even Fox News Covered The Story <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/11/07/ground.zero.suicide.ap/index.html">HERE</a>.2) Ok, I would never go this far, but...NEW YORK ....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.sorryeverybody.com">a gesture I find touching</A></TD><TD>....Courtesy of Gord Fynes, <a href="http://www.sorryeverybody.com">a gesture I find touching</a> and also a little maddening. Like, shouldn't someone hang themselves? I mean, be really, really sorry, if sorry is what they are? I am not, for the record, sorry. I don't experience ....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election">Election result maps</A></TD><TD>....Map by <a href="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election">Mark Newman</a> at the University of Michigan, who isn't smoking anything, he swears.....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1106-30.htm">Evidence Mounts That The Vote May Have Been Hacked</A></TD><TD>....Machine Error Gives Bush Extra Ohio Votes Did Kerry Actually Win? Exit Polls and Actual Results Not Matched, Especially in E-Voting States Thom Hartmann: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1106-30.htm">Evidence Mounts That The Vote May Have Been Hacked</a>....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/08/opinion/main654285.shtml">CBS News | Blogging As Typing, Not Journalism | November 8, 2004 15:30:22</A></TD><TD>....Wow. I never thought the blogosphere would have so much of an impact that <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/08/opinion/main654285.shtml">Eric Enberg</a> would come out of his retirement just to pretend it's irrelevant! Enberg spends more than a few paragraphs focusing solely on the exit poll results, and how ....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://sensoryoverload.typepad.com/sensory_overload/2004/11/free_states_vs_.html">Sensory Overload: Free States vs. Slave States ~Oh How Far We've Come...</A></TD><TD>....<a href="http://sensoryoverload.typepad.com/sensory_overload/2004/11/free_states_vs_.html">Two sets of maps compare American states that were pro slavery with states that now vote Bush</a>....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.drudgereport.com/sc.htm">DRUDGE REPORT 2004®</A></TD><TD>.... Rehnquist is ailing and we hope that he recovers fully. Still, he is getting on in years, and there hasn’t been a vacancy on the Supreme Court for a decade. It is thus with a sense of ironic justice that we learn the President is examining none other than <a href="http://www.drudgereport.com/sc.htm">Clarence Thomas for Chief Justice.</a> Personally, I think Antonin Scalia is more worthy of the promotion, but the delicious nature of the appointment is not lost in these parts.....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6407226/site/newsweek">MSNBC - How Bush Did It</A></TD><TD>....Newsweek has done an astonishingly detailed account of the campaign, from the inside of both operations. It is basically the first campaign recap book. Also, it is all available online, free. Bravo Newsweek. <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6407226/site/newsweek">MSNBC - How Bush Did It</a> ....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32793-2004Nov7.html">washingtonpost.com</A></TD><TD>....<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32793-2004Nov7.html">This from the Washington Post:</a>....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=articlePrint&articleID=CA478420">Broadcasting & Cable: The Business of Television</A></TD><TD>....Perceived post-election <a href="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=articlePrint&articleID=CA478420">fallout</a> from Rathergate:....</TD></TABLE> Key Phrases for Iraq http://politics.blogpulse.com/ <TABLE><TR><TD><b>operation phantom fury</b></TD><TD>....According to the New York Times, the assault on Fallujah, code named “ <a href="http://www.matthewgood.org/web/mblog/index.php"><b>OPERATION PHANTOM FURY</b></a> ” was “ conceived about a month ago ” and “ grew grew in part....</TD><TR><TD><b>no wonder bush won</b></TD><TD>....political pitch to people who have put that part of their brain on hold? <a href="http://eyeteeth.blogspot.com"><b>NO WONDER BUSH WON</b></a>. "Another source correlating presidential preference with average IQ backs Herbert up: The....</TD><TR><TD><b>mass destruction were found in iraq</b></TD><TD>....closely with Al Qaeda. A third of the president supporters believe weapons of <a href="http://joatmoaf.typepad.com/i_love_jet_noise"><b>MASS DESTRUCTION WERE FOUND IN IRAQ</b></a>. And more than a third believe that a substantial majority of world opinion supported....</TD><TR><TD><b>main hospital</b></TD><TD>....Thirty-eight people were killed and four foreigners captured when Iraqi forces swept into Fallujah <a href="http://www.sidelinesquawkbox.com/weblog"><b>MAIN HOSPITAL</b></a>, he said. Throughout the morning, artillery and mortars pounded targets inside the....</TD><TR><TD><b>federal records</b></TD><TD>....countries listed as terrorist-sponsoring states fell sharply after the Sept. 11 attacks. "<a href="http://www.virushead.net/rmuse/rmuse.html"><b>FEDERAL RECORDS</b></a> indicated" the average penalty for a company doing business with Iran, Iraq,....</TD><TR><TD><b>terrorist financing</b></TD><TD>...., hey, be our guest: Despite the Bush administration pledge to battle <a href="http://nomoremister.blogspot.com"><b>TERRORIST FINANCING</b></a>, the government's average penalty against companies doing business with countries listed as terrorist-sponsoring....</TD><TR><TD><b>bob herbert</b></TD><TD>...., November 08, 2004 Ignorance is Bliss (for Republicans) An editorial by <a href="http://www.weareleft.com"><b>BOB HERBERT</b></a> in today's NY Times brings to focus what really went wrong on election day....</TD><TR><TD><b>insurgent stronghold</b></TD><TD>....bridges over the Euphrates River, the first stage of the long-expected assault on the <a href="http://radicalleft.blogharbor.com/blog"><b>INSURGENT STRONGHOLD</b></a> appears to be under way. This follows the interim Iraqi government's declaration on....</TD><TR><TD><b>open letter to the democratic party</b></TD><TD>....Kurtz: Meet the Press: James Lileks: David Brooks: Paul Freedman: <a href="http://www.fishkite.com"><b>OPEN LETTER TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY</b></a>: Link....</TD><TR><TD><b>paul craig roberts</b></TD><TD>....- 01: 39 An interesting, though shrill, editorial. The author, <a href="http://cif.rochester.edu/~gogl/drupal"><b>PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS</b></a>, is actually conservative, but like any number of true conservatives he has a....</TD></TABLE> Top Links for Iraq http://politics.blogpulse.com/ <TABLE><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/08/iraq.main/index.html">CNN.com - Battle for Falluja under way - Nov 8, 2004</A></TD><TD>....<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/08/iraq.main/index.html">Operation Phantom Fury</a> is what the U.S. military is calling their attack on Fallujah. I swear, these guys like making war so that they can come up with these idiotic names like ....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/041115/opinion/15barone.htm">USNews.com: Michael Barone: Republican turnout makes for a 51 percent nation (11/15/04)</A></TD><TD>.... <a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/041115/opinion/15barone.htm">USNews.com: Michael Barone: Republican turnout makes for a 51 percent nation (11/15/04)</a> The ever-balanced and reasonable Michael Barone weighs in on the election. <a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/041115/opinion/15barone.htm">USNews.com: ....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/08/opinion/08herbert.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/08/opinion/08herbert.html</A></TD><TD>....<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/08/opinion/08herbert.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/08/opinion/08herbert.html</a>....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/08/opinion/08herbert.html?oref=login&hp">there is no longer intelligent life at the New York Times</A></TD><TD>....Conclusive proof that <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/08/opinion/08herbert.html?oref=login&hp">there is no longer intelligent life at the New York Times</a>.......</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.suntimes.com/output/steyn/cst-edt-steyn07.html">Condescending Dems still don't get it</A></TD><TD>....On the night that the United States and the Iraqi national army teach peace to the conquered in Fullajah, <a href="http://www.suntimes.com/output/steyn/cst-edt-steyn07.html">Mark Steyn reminds</a> us what is significant about the moral choice made by Americans last week: "What does it mean when 22 percent of the electorate say their main concern was ....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/US/P/00/epolls.0.html">CNN.com Election 2004</A></TD><TD>....Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/US/P/00/epolls.0.html">CNN exit polls</a>....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,137843,00.html">We have lost more</A></TD><TD>.... Older Fallujah notes : Fallujah assault has begun ... in case you missed it yesterday - US & Iraqi forces are securing bridges & a hospital, best wishes for our coalition troops ... unfortunately we have suffered one casualty already ... UPDATE: <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,137843,00.html">We have lost more</a> ... two US, ten Iraqis ... our prayers to their family, friends, and fellow troops ... UPDATE: Major Offensive starting? ... foothold secured, 38 captured ... more thoughts ....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/351/13/1314/T1">NEJM -- Health Care in the 2004 Presidential Election -- Table 1</A></TD><TD>....The decline of moral values : Andrew Sullivan neatly summarizes <a href="http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/351/13/1314/T1">this</a>:....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.pipa.org/OnlineReports/Pres_Election_04/Report10_21_04.pdf">this study</A></TD><TD>.... states *Percentage of College Graduates in Bush states VS Kerry states (the map did not change this year, so the data is the same) *The divorce rate of Bush states VS Kerry states And as you saw previously on Teenage Enthusiast, look at how misinformed <a href="http://www.pipa.org/OnlineReports/Pres_Election_04/Report10_21_04.pdf">this study</a> found Bush voters to be: *75% believe Iraq was providing substantial support to al Qaeda. *74% believe Bush favors including labor and environmental standards ....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://chrisevans3d.com/files/iq.htm">Chrisevans3d.com,</A></TD><TD>....From <a href="http://chrisevans3d.com/files/iq.htm">Chrisevans3d.com,</a> the high IQ states apparently voted for Kerry and the low for Bush. Not surprising. Oh, and this nugget, "there is a direct correlation that has been pointed out by the Boston ....</TD></TABLE> Key Phrases for Economy http://politics.blogpulse.com/ <TABLE><TR><TD><b>flat income tax</b></TD><TD>....2004 News -- President Bush may push hard for radical tax reform, like a <a href="http://michaelrogersstartalk.blogspot.com"><b>FLAT INCOME TAX</b></a> or a national sales tax: The New York Times > Washington > Big Tax....</TD><TR><TD><b>tax fairness act of 2005</b></TD><TD>....Let secede. And for our first act of secession, Arios announces The <a href="http://stevegilliard.blogspot.com"><b>TAX FAIRNESS ACT OF 2005</b></a>: "I suggest the Democrats first major legislative proposal, complete with press conferences....</TD><TR><TD><b>president bush ’ s first term</b></TD><TD>....be more modest than is commonly expected. FOREIGN POLICY The most controversial policies of <a href="http://www.justinpolin.com"><b>PRESIDENT BUSH ’ S FIRST TERM</b></a> lay in the realm of foreign policy. In the aftermath of September 11,....</TD><TR><TD><b>national sales tax</b></TD><TD>...., and is a model of inefficiency and waste. A flat tax or a <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/jdhenchman"><b>NATIONAL SALES TAX</b></a> would do wonders for the economy. · Social Security. President Bush understands that....</TD><TR><TD><b>federal taxes</b></TD><TD>...., it seems citizens of Blue States are also more likely to pay more in <a href="http://stinging-nettle.blogspot.com"><b>FEDERAL TAXES</b></a> than they receive in federal spending and more likely to have a higher IQ.....</TD><TR><TD><b>flat tax</b></TD><TD>....(as in the 1986 restructuring), to a complete overhaul resulting in a <a href="http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=ucdwyer"><b>FLAT TAX</b></a>. So, which is it? Making the 2001, 2002 and 2003 tax....</TD><TR><TD><b>central bank</b></TD><TD>..... "Mr Carnell said that while Jean-claude Trichet, the president of the European <a href="http://carapace.weblogs.us"><b>CENTRAL BANK</b></a>, described the exchange rate as" brutal "for the euro at $1.25....</TD><TR><TD><b>supreme court vacancies</b></TD><TD>...."Face the Nation." Abortionasked whether Bush intended to appoint anti-abortion judges to <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/emrinalexander"><b>SUPREME COURT VACANCIES</b></a> considered likely to come open in Bush's second term, Rove said the president....</TD><TR><TD><b>similar takeover of the democratic party</b></TD><TD>...., Moseley Braun, and Sharpton during the primary season as the foundation for a <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/barraged"><b>SIMILAR TAKEOVER OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY</b></a>. 8. 2008. President Bush is entering his second term facing an escalating....</TD><TR><TD><b>blue states produce the vast majority</b></TD><TD>....Monkeyfilter proved interesting, with these two as my favorite comments: "We in <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/dantc"><b>BLUE STATES PRODUCE THE VAST MAJORITY</b></a> of the wealth in this country and pay the most taxes, and you in....</TD></TABLE> Top Links for Economy http://politics.blogpulse.com/ <TABLE><TR><TD><A HREF="http://news.ft.com/cms/s/257979a6-30f4-11d9-a595-00000e2511c8.html">FT.com / Markets / Currencies - Dollar expected to fall amid China's rumoured selling</A></TD><TD>.... on the people,' " he said. "It's just not my style. I don't believe we need to raise taxes." Finally, more bad news. I don't know if you know it or not, but the biggest financier of our deficit is China. Well, rumor is <a href="http://news.ft.com/cms/s/257979a6-30f4-11d9-a595-00000e2511c8.html">they are now selling dollar assets, no buying</a>. ....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A26458-2004Nov4?language=printer">washingtonpost.com</A></TD><TD>....<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A26458-2004Nov4?language=printer">washingtonpost.com: Analysts Call Outlook for Bush Plan Bleak</a>: President Bush signaled yesterday that he would add personal investment accounts to the Social Security ....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/05/opinion/05frank.html">Thursday's New York Times</A></TD><TD>.... et al has so fucked with the minds of the electorate that he's got way too many people voting against their own interests. Thomas Frank, author of "What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America" wrote in <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/05/opinion/05frank.html">Thursday's New York Times</a> notes that: Like many such movements, this long-running conservative revolt is rife with contradictions. It is an uprising of the common people whose long-term ....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.prospect.org/weblog/archives/2004/11/index.html#004737">TAPPED: November 2004 Archives</A></TD><TD>.... combat the flat tax initiative that will take place prior to the 06 midterm elections. One of which is to make credit card debt partially tax deductible. Luckily for us, Atrios is apparently a real life economist. But the high note actually comes from <a href="http://www.prospect.org/weblog/archives/2004/11/index.html#004737">Matt Yglesias</a>: The Democrats need to do what they can to take advantage of their status as a marginalized opposition party. They need to make the Republicans own the IRS, ....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.aei.org/news/newsID.21508,filter.all/news_detail.asp">AEI - News & Commentary</A></TD><TD>....<a href="http://www.aei.org/news/newsID.21508,filter.all/news_detail.asp">The Bush win was not a fluke</a>, opines TechCentralStation editor James Glassman in the Wall Street Journal Europe. ....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/movable_type/2004-2_archives/000514.html">Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal: A Weblog: The Coming Collapse of the Dollar?</A></TD><TD>.... Dollar down So the dollar's <a href="http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/movable_type/2004-2_archives/000514.html">falling</a>, I see. Theoretically speaking, a falling dollar shouldn't be "bad" or "good" in any meaningful sense. But that's theoretically ....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://atrios.blogspot.com">Eschaton</A></TD><TD>....I take back what I just said about <a href="http://atrios.blogspot.com">Atrios</a>. He's already taking charge of the shift from outrage to introspection and coming up with several initiatives that Dems can put on the table to combat the flat tax initiative that will take place prior ....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29471-2004Nov5.html">washingtonpost.com</A></TD><TD>....Laurence Kotlikoff <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29471-2004Nov5.html">opines in the Washington Post</a> on how to fix Social Security. Basically, his plan is privatization with transition costs paid by a national retail sales tax.....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A26581-2004Nov4?language=printer">washingtonpost.com</A></TD><TD>....<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A26581-2004Nov4?language=printer">washingtonpost.com: Dollar Falls On Fears of U.S. Deficits</a>: The dollar continued its decline in global currency markets yesterday, intensifying worries among some ....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.marryanamerican.ca">MarryAnAmerican - Homepage - No good American will be left behind!</A></TD><TD>.... emotions?! So I decided to explore them both in this post. Let’s talk about the run-and-hide part first. I’m not the only one thinking about it. Countless Americans are thinking about leaving the U.S. for other countries. There is even a web site to help <a href="http://www.marryanamerican.ca">Americans marry Canadians</a> so they can relocate to that country. Isn’t it ironic that Americans are making use of one of the #1 tools used in immigration fraud in the U.S.? But what are *my* reasons? Well, many. As ....</TD></TABLE> Key Phrases for Health http://politics.blogpulse.com/ <TABLE><TR><TD><b>bans same-sex marriage</b></TD><TD>....updated info. PASSED — SAME SEX — 11 for 11 Kentucky Amendment 1. <a href="http://ludovicspeaks.typepad.com/real_deal"><b>BANS SAME-SEX MARRIAGE</b></a>. 75 Yes, 25 No, 96 pct reporting. Georgia Amendment 1.....</TD><TR><TD><b>president bush's re-election</b></TD><TD>...., November 07, 2004 The anger of the Left In the hours immediately following <a href="http://bansheeblog.blogspot.com"><b>PRESIDENT BUSH'S RE-ELECTION</b></a>, the news was primarily about the result itself. However, as the days....</TD><TR><TD><b>national guard service</b></TD><TD>....Fool me -- you can't get fooled again. "Never fully explained his <a href="http://www.narcisolobo.com"><b>NATIONAL GUARD SERVICE</b></a>, and stood mute as Republicans produced factually challenged ads attacking John Kerry's war....</TD><TR><TD><b>maureen dowd</b></TD><TD>....2004 moon, landing <a href="http://heyjohnnytrauma.blogspot.com"><b>MAUREEN DOWD</b></a>: posted by johnny trauma at 5: 09 pm | 0 comments sunday, november 07,....</TD><TR><TD><b>exit poll data</b></TD><TD>...., too close to call. EDIT: Here it is, but it <a href="http://thenewguy.blogspot.com"><b>EXIT POLL DATA</b></a>. Men broke to W. by 9%. But, if we've....</TD><TR><TD><b>health savings accounts</b></TD><TD>....) - Hartford, CT, USA By RON LIEBER, Wall Street Journal. <a href="http://nuhealth.blogspot.com"><b>HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS</b></a> have been difficult to avoid in the run-up to the presidential election.... Weight....</TD><TR><TD><b>tax cuts permanent</b></TD><TD>....children, rose for three straight years. The president has pushed to make those <a href="http://wills4223.blogspot.com"><b>TAX CUTS PERMANENT</b></a>. A national network of churches and faith-based organizations, Call to Renewal, has....</TD><TR><TD><b>prescription drug benefit</b></TD><TD>...., spent like a sailor, with "No Child Left Behind" and the <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/skafather241"><b>PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFIT</b></a> he has added a massive new entitlements (and costs) from the national level....</TD><TR><TD><b>blue states</b></TD><TD>....List DETROIT, Nov. 3 - Even though Michigan was one of the rare <a href="http://political-stuff.blogspot.com"><b>BLUE STATES</b></a> between the coasts, many executives of the Detroit automakers were privately wary of Senator....</TD><TR><TD><b>red states</b></TD><TD>...."blue states" (such as New York and California), or "<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/walktheplank"><b>RED STATES</b></a>" (like Texas and Utah), may as well stay home. If....</TD></TABLE> Top Links for Health http://politics.blogpulse.com/ <TABLE><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/07/opinion/07dowd.html">Link</A></TD><TD>.... But W. appealed to that vote's most crabbed insecurities - the disparaging of the other, the fear of those godless hedonists in the blue states out to get them and their families. And the fear of scientific progress, as with stem cell research. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/07/opinion/07dowd.html">Link</a>....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.nature.com/news/2004/041101/full/041101-11.html">Nature</A></TD><TD>.... suffering from disease or injury", said Robert Klein, co-chair of the Yes on 71 campaign. "There is no doubt in my mind that the mission Californians accepted today is a critical first step in changing the face of human suffering forever." <a href="http://www.nature.com/news/2004/041101/full/041101-11.html">Nature</a>: By insulating the research funding from the vagaries of politics, the crafters of Proposition 71 hope that researchers and companies will be drawn from around the United ....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.americanprogress.org">Home - Center for American Progress</A></TD><TD>.... have "capped property taxes at 1 percent of valuation." The measure would have hamstrung cities and towns, stripping their authority to collect the revenue they need to fund crucial Maine programs. Source: The Center for American Progress, <a href="http://www.americanprogress.org">[link]</a> ....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.buzzmachine.com/archives/2004_11_03.html#008401">BuzzMachine... by Jeff Jarvis</A></TD><TD>....<a href="http://www.buzzmachine.com/archives/2004_11_03.html#008401">This fromJeff Jarvis</a> @ The Buzz Machine:....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.johnkerry.com">John Kerry for President - Official Web Site</A></TD><TD>....<a href="http://www.johnkerry.com">Kerry concedes election to Bush, official announcement to come</a> # I am all emotions simultaneously today.....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/0707-01.htm">White House Wants to Bury Pact Banning Tests of Nuclear Arms</A></TD><TD>....Source: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/0707-01.htm">commondreams.org</a>....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/10/31/walking_the_walk_on_family_values">Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Opinion / Op-ed / Walking the walk on family values</A></TD><TD>....<a href="http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/10/31/walking_the_walk_on_family_values">Walking the walk on family values: divorce rate is higher in conservative states than in more liberal areas</a> # ....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.armscontrol.org/act/2004_03/NunnLugarFunding.asp">Arms Control Association: Arms Control Today</A></TD><TD>....Source: <a href="http://www.armscontrol.org/act/2004_03/NunnLugarFunding.asp">armscontrol.org</a>....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://web.archive.org/web/20001109012700/www.georgewbush.com/issues/index.html">www.georgewbush.com</A></TD><TD>....Sources: <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20001109012700/www.georgewbush.com/issues/index.html">www.georgewbush.com</a> , Bureau of the Public Debt....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.taxpayer.net/TCS/PressReleases/2003/04-11energybill.htm">Taxpayers For Common Sense: Analysis finds House Energy Bill Fueled By Pork</A></TD><TD>....<a href="http://www.taxpayer.net/TCS/PressReleases/2003/04-11energybill.htm">taxpayer.net</a>, Washington Post....</TD></TABLE> Key Phrases for Environment http://politics.blogpulse.com/ <TABLE><TR><TD><b>arsenal of nuclear weapons</b></TD><TD>....now turns out that the source of the manufactured evidence of Iraq <a href="http://arundhati-roy.blogspot.com"><b>ARSENAL OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS</b></a> was Ahmed Chalabi who, (like General Suharto of Indonesia, General Pinochet of....</TD><TR><TD><b>president bush's re-election</b></TD><TD>...., November 04, 2004 Bush victory keeps light green for Yucca Mountain: "<a href="http://yuccamountainnevada.blogspot.com"><b>PRESIDENT BUSH'S RE-ELECTION</b></a> keeps alive the federal government's effort to bury nuclear waste in Nevada, although....</TD><TR><TD><b>endangered species act</b></TD><TD>...., and ignoring global warming entirely. Congressional Republicans have set their sights on the <a href="http://earth.jnfr.com"><b>ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT</b></a>, and intend to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Preserve for drilling. Hang....</TD><TR><TD><b>current account deficit</b></TD><TD>...., as investors resumed selling the US currency amid worries over the country widening <a href="http://www.finfacts.com/blog/finfacts.html"><b>CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT</b></a>. With the US presidential election now over, low interest rates, high oil....</TD><TR><TD><b>red state</b></TD><TD>...., "said the hoarse Senator." And now we must amputate the cancerous <a href="http://www.harrison3.com/blog"><b>RED STATE</b></a> tumor that is otherwise known as Bush's America. "Details were not firmed....</TD><TR><TD><b>tax cuts permanent</b></TD><TD>....(3.6% of GDP). The CBO math is clear: making the <a href="http://www.roubiniglobal.com"><b>TAX CUTS PERMANENT</b></a>, fixing the AMT and having non-discretionary spending growing at the realistic rate of nominal....</TD><TR><TD><b>prescription drug benefit</b></TD><TD>....\25senate passes $400 billion, Bush-backed Medicare bill, which\guarantees a <a href="http://agitpropus.blogspot.com"><b>PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFIT</b></a> starting in 2006 but prevents\the government from negotiating lower prices with pharmaceutical\....</TD><TR><TD><b>climate change</b></TD><TD>...., 2004 Email bush about global <a href="http://citichic.blogspot.com"><b>CLIMATE CHANGE</b></a> email Bush about global Climate Change -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Www.envirolink.org/External.html? www = http% 3a // www.foe.co.uk/....</TD><TR><TD><b>crude oil futures</b></TD><TD>....% to 4,728.3. Oil may fall as output boosts supplies, survey shows - <a href="http://www.finfacts.com/blog/finfacts.html"><b>CRUDE OIL FUTURES</b></a> may fall on speculation that rising production and slowing demand growth will boost inventories,....</TD><TR><TD><b>interest rates</b></TD><TD>....Pipeline, which sells the pipes that will provide this new world oil supplies. <a href="http://brandonstarr.blogdrive.com"><b>INTEREST RATES</b></a>: Because oil has been expensive and slowing the economy, the Fed hasn't....</TD></TABLE> Top Links for Environment http://politics.blogpulse.com/ <TABLE><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.ajc.com/news/content/opinion/1104/04edmiller.html">in the Atlanta Journal Constitution</A></TD><TD>....ZELL MILLER RESPONDS TO THE ELECTION [KJL] <a href="http://www.ajc.com/news/content/opinion/1104/04edmiller.html">in the Atlanta Journal Constitution</a>:....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.americanprogressaction.org/site/pp.asp?c=klLWJcP7H&b=118263">President Bush: Flip-Flopper-In-Chief - American Progress Action Fund</A></TD><TD>....Source: <a href="http://www.americanprogressaction.org/site/pp.asp?c=klLWJcP7H&b=118263">americanprogressaction.org</a>....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.hyperreal.org/~dana/marches">2003-03-15 War Protests Around the World</A></TD><TD>.... have. Cut healthcare benefits for war veterans. Set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously take to the streets to protest me (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any person in the history of mankind. (<a href="http://www.hyperreal.org/~dana/marches">http://www.hyperreal.org/~dana/marches/</a>) Dissolved more international treaties than any president in US history. My presidency is the most secretive and un-accountable of any in US history. Members ....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3733-2004Aug15.html">washingtonpost.com</A></TD><TD>....Source: <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3733-2004Aug15.html">Washington Post</a>....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.openthegovernment.org/otg/secrecy_reportcard.pdf">openthegovernment.org</A></TD><TD>....Source: <a href="http://www.openthegovernment.org/otg/secrecy_reportcard.pdf">openthegovernment.org</a>....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/09/politics/09coal.html?hp">New York Times</A></TD><TD>....Source: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/09/politics/09coal.html?hp">New York Times</a>....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://news.findlaw.com/wp/docs/padilla/padrums121803opn.pdf">news.findlaw.com</A></TD><TD>....Source: <a href="http://news.findlaw.com/wp/docs/padilla/padrums121803opn.pdf">news.findlaw.com</a>....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/04/20040413-20.html">President Addresses the Nation in Prime Time Press Conference</A></TD><TD>....Source: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/04/20040413-20.html">White House</a>....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/09/20020925-1.html">President Bush, Colombia President Uribe Discuss Terrorism</A></TD><TD>....Sources: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/09/20020925-1.html">White House</a>, Washington Post....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/bush/articles/2004/09/08/bush_fell_short_on_duty_at_guard">Boston.com / News / Politics / Presidential candidates / George W. Bush / Bush fell short on duty at Guard</A></TD><TD>....Source: <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/bush/articles/2004/09/08/bush_fell_short_on_duty_at_guard">boston.com</a>....</TD></TABLE> Key Phrases for Education http://politics.blogpulse.com/ <TABLE><TR><TD><b>national sales tax</b></TD><TD>...., other neo-cons are also looking for Bush to establish either a flat tax or <a href="http://spectatorconsumer.blogspot.com"><b>NATIONAL SALES TAX</b></a>, in addtion to the reforms listed below. 1. Outsourcing! Especially the....</TD><TR><TD><b>constitutional amendment banning gay marriage</b></TD><TD>....Hmm ..... great morals from a great leader!! Bush also pushed to pass a <a href="http://sukiyakihibachi.blogspot.com"><b>CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BANNING GAY MARRIAGE</b></a> .... the only amendment that actually prevents rights from people instead of protecting them.....</TD><TR><TD><b>arctic national wildlife refuge</b></TD><TD>...., we would save twice the amount of oil that could be obtained from the <a href="http://www.brianhull.net/writing"><b>ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE</b></a>. Raise it by 2.7 miles per gallon to eliminate all the oil imports from....</TD><TR><TD><b>maureen dowd</b></TD><TD>....Christian Soldiers <a href="http://www.hanasiana.com"><b>MAUREEN DOWD</b></a> runs Through The Resumes of some of our new faith-based senators: advocated the death penalty For doctors Who perform abortions....</TD><TR><TD><b>student achievement</b></TD><TD>....extolling his familiar theme of leading the fight against terrorism, limiting taxes and promoting <a href="http://thebostonblogger.blogspot.com"><b>STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT</b></a> in the nation's public schools. Full Story posted by healimonster at 2:....</TD><TR><TD><b>tax cuts permanent</b></TD><TD>....% sales tax, and eliminating the IRS 6) Making Bush rich person <a href="http://kingofnowhere.blogspot.com"><b>TAX CUTS PERMANENT</b></a> (these taken from MSNBC and NBC, not that I need to show you....</TD><TR><TD><b>blue states</b></TD><TD>...., for instance. She can help you practice this radical thing we in the <a href="http://lendmesomesugar.blogs.com/shut_up_already"><b>BLUE STATES</b></a> call critical thought. It's something we do while we drink lattes made with....</TD><TR><TD><b>red states</b></TD><TD>...."blue states" (such as New York and California), or "<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/walktheplank"><b>RED STATES</b></a>" (like Texas and Utah), may as well stay home. If....</TD><TR><TD><b>prayer in the public schools</b></TD><TD>....more religious. In the US religious symbols are banned from the public square. <a href="http://theenlightenmentproject.blogspot.com"><b>PRAYER IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS</b></a> is illegal and people fight major legal battles to keep it that way. I....</TD><TR><TD><b>karl rove</b></TD><TD>....Unlike the prepared speeches that the Bush administration carefully crafts for the president, like <a href="http://thunderstorms.blogdrive.com"><b>KARL ROVE</b></a>'s stirring victory speech this week, there are times when the leader of the....</TD></TABLE> Top Links for Education http://politics.blogpulse.com/ <TABLE><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/04/opinion/04dowd.html">MoDo:</A></TD><TD>....From <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/04/opinion/04dowd.html">MoDo:</a>....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.reason.com/links/links110404.shtml">Reason: Joan Baez and Me: She gwine tell de folks how dat ol' missuh prez'dent be a debbil!</A></TD><TD>....How hard are hardcore Dems taking their loss? Well, if <a href="http://www.reason.com/links/links110404.shtml">Joan Baez is any indication</a>, real hard:....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/11/20041103-3.html">President Bush Thanks Americans in Wednesday Acceptance Speech</A></TD><TD>....So now that the election is over and our country is healed of its silly divisions, it's interesting to compare his <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/11/20041103-3.html">acceptance speech today</a> with the one he gave after he finally got his way in 2000. Not that they're identical, but there are a few familiar phrases. I'd say the 2000 ....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://asmallvictory.net/archives/007678.html">A Small Victory - The Morning After</A></TD><TD>....Michelle at A Small Victory has what I think is an appropriate <a href="http://asmallvictory.net/archives/007678.html">reminder</a> to our friends on the losing side:....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.johnkerry.com">John Kerry for President - Official Web Site</A></TD><TD>....A <a href="http://www.johnkerry.com">man of vision and hope</a> for lower and middle class America lost his bid for a position in the Federal Government to make a significant, tangible difference in the lives of the unemployed, the uninsured, minorities, ....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/04/opinion/04dowd.html?hp">Mo Dowd</A></TD><TD>....<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/04/opinion/04dowd.html?hp">Mo Dowd</a>: Just as Zell Miller was so over the top at the G.O.P. convention that he made Mr. Cheney seem reasonable, so several new members of Congress will make W. seem moderate. Tom ....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2004-11-01-oplede-bush_x.htm">USATODAY.com - Why you should vote for me today</A></TD><TD>.... million Americans. A family of four with a $40,000 income has seen taxes reduced by more than $1,900. Families and small businesses are using that money to move our economy forward. In the past 13 months, we have created more than 1.9 million new jobs. <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2004-11-01-oplede-bush_x.htm">read more</a>....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.thenation.com/blogs/outrage?pid=1985">The Daily Outrage</A></TD><TD>....Meet your new <a href="http://www.thenation.com/blogs/outrage?pid=1985">Republican Senators!</a> Please, oh please, let this blow up right in their face!....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.bartcop.com/111402faun.htm">111402faun</A></TD><TD>.... murder to include, among other things, blasphemy, heresy, adultery, and homosexuality." "...women who have abortions should be publicly executed, along with those who advised them to abort their children." Nice group, eh? Another link <a href="http://www.bartcop.com/111402faun.htm">here</a>. A really HOT link which brings Dubya and Diebold into the mix: <a href="http://www.bartcop.com/111402faun.htm">here</a> Excerpt: "But the most frightening bit of recent policy that Miller ....</TD><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/A/htmlA/amosnandy/amosnandy.htm">Amos 'N Andy Show</A></TD><TD>.... folksinger perform what can only be described as bit of minstrelsy—only the painted on blackface was missing. Alice, the black teenager from Arkansas Baez was pretending to be, spoke in a dialect so broad and thick that it would put Uncle Remus and <a href="http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/A/htmlA/amosnandy/amosnandy.htm">Amos and Andy</a> to shame. Baez' monologue was filled with phrases like, "I'se g'win ta" to do this that or the other and dropping all final "g's." ....</TD></TABLE>